Epiphanios 15 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M/L IX |
| Religion | Christian |
| Locations | Kios (Bithynia) (officeplace); Kios (Bithynia) |
| Occupation | Bishop |
| Titles | Archbishop, Kios (Bithynia) (office) |
| Seal Sources | Dumbarton Oaks, A Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, eds., J. Nesbitt and N. Oikonomides (Washington, DC, 1991-); Laurent, V., "Sceaux byzantins inédits", EO 31 (1932), pp. 429-445; Laurent, V., Le corpus des sceaux de l'empire byzatin, V, 1-3, L'église (Paris, 1963-72); II, L'administration centrale (Paris, 1981) |
Epiphanios 15 was archbishop of Kios; owner of a seal dateable to the second half of the ninth century: DOSeals III 50.2a and b (a = Laurent, Corpus V 1, no. 834 = EO 31 (1932), pp. 438-439). Obv.: Virgin standing, holding Christ, with a circular legend: +υπεραγια Θε - οτοκε βοηθει. Rev.: + - +Επιφανιω - αρχιεπισκοπω - Κιου δουλω των - δουλων του Θεου - +. He is identified by Laurent, op. cit., p. 649, note, with the bishop of Kios, Epiphanios, who attended the Photian Synod in 879/880 (Mansi XVIIA, col. 373 D).
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